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Little flower fast asleep,
Rise narcissus-like, and peep;
Lo, the bower droops and dies
Wasted by cold griefs; arise!
Now that birdsong fills the air
And muezzins call to prayer,
Listen to the burning sighs
Of the passionate hearts, and rise!
Out of leaden sleep,
Out of slumber deep
Arise!
Out of slumber deep
Arise!

Now the sun, that doth adorn
With his rays the brow of morn,
Doth suffuse the cheeks thereof
With the crimson blush of love.
Over mountain, over plain
Caravans take route again;
Bright and world-beholding eyes,
Gaze upon the world, and rise!
Out of leaden sleep,
Out of slumber deep
Arise!
Out of slumber deep
Arise!

All the Orient doth lie
Like strewn dust, the roadway by,
Or a still and bushed lament
And a wasted sigh and spent:
Yet each atom of this earth
Is a gaze of tortured birth.
Under Ind’s and Persia’s skies,
Through Arabia’s plains, O rise!
Out of leaden sleep,
Out of slumber deep
Arise!
Out of slumber deep
Arise!

See, thy ocean is at rest,
Slumbrous as a desert waste;
Yea, no waxing or increase
E’er disturbs thy ocean’s peace.
Ne’er thy ocean knoweth storm
Or Leviathan’s dread swarm;
Rend its breast and, billow-wise
Swelling into tumult, rise!
Out of leaden sleep,
Out of slumber deep
Arise!
Out of slumber deep
Arise!

Listen to this subtlety
That reveals all mystery:
Empire is the body’s dust;
Spirit, true Religion’s trust;
Body lives and spirit lives
By the life their union gives.
Lance in hand, and sword at thighs,
Cloaked, and with thy prayer mat, rise!
Out of leaden sleep,
Out of slumber deep
Arise
Out of slumber deep
Arise!

Thou art true and worshipful
Guardian of eternal Rule,
Thou the left hand and the right
Of the World-possessor’s might.
Shackled slave of earthy race,
Thou art Time, and thou art Space:
Wine of faith that fear defies
Drink, and from doubt’s prison rise!
Out of leaden sleep,
Out of slumber deep
Arise!
Out of slumber deep
Arise!

Against Europe I protest,
And the attraction of the West:
Woe for Europe and her charm,
Swift to capture and disarm!
Europe’s hordes with flame and fire
Desolate the world entire;
Architect of Sanctuaries,
Earth awaits rebuilding; rise
Out of leaden sleep,
Out of slumber deep
Arise!
Out of slumber deep
Arise